The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 2187
Waning Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 PM
11:49 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3274
Events on this date
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 292.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 30m / 15.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.11° / -3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / 4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.35° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.